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U.S. v. SUMLIN

No. 98-1147.

147 F.3d 763 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Obie Terrell SUMLIN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 26, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael James Burdette, Des Moines, IA, argued, for Defendant-Appellant.

Robert C. Dopf, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Des Moines, IA, argued (Ed Kelly, on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before WOLLMAN and MURPHY, Circuit Judges, and KYLE, District Judge.

MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

Obie Sumlin pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, see 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), and was sentenced to 183 months as an armed career criminal. See 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1). On appeal Sumlin challenges the application of the § 924(e)(1) enhancement. We affirm.

The armed career criminal statute provides that anyone "who violates section 922(g) of [title 18] and has three previous convictions . ....

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